This is why Linux will never take over the desktop...

[mikeymikec]

re: I'm reminded of that expression: Linux is only free if your time is worthless.

With a decent distro, I honestly think it's the other way around these days: Getting Windows to help me be productive is far more work than with Linux, and Linux devs aren't conspiring to undermine my productivity.

 

[lxskllr]

and Linux devs aren't conspiring to undermine my productivity.

That's the biggest thing. A lot of proprietary software is an adversarial relationship. You buy software as a tool. Unhappy with the amount you paid to buy, companies try to screw you over by spying, or making the user a captive audience so they funnel more money into their company. A lot of it is fixable, but why should I have to hack around my software to keep it from screwing me. I read threads about people reverting ms's hostile behavior through registry hacks or addon software, and I just shake my head. I wouldn't, and don't put up with it. Fix it this time, and they find a creative new way of breaking it.

 

[you2]

That's the biggest thing. A lot of proprietary software is an adversarial relationship. You buy software as a tool. Unhappy with the amount you paid to buy, companies try to screw you over by spying, or making the user a captive audience so they funnel more money into their company. A lot of it is fixable, but why should I have to hack around my software to keep it from screwing me. I read threads about people reverting ms's hostile behavior through registry hacks or addon software, and I just shake my head. I wouldn't, and don't put up with it. Fix it this time, and they find a creative new way of breaking it.

I will note that over the years MS certainly has spent a fair amount of money generating reports (FUD) on why linux is bad or dangerous for corporations.

 

[WelshBloke]

Heh. I just logged into the Windows partition on a laptop at home just as I felt I needed to do some maintenance (my daughter has her schools account on that OS install)

Everything seemed fine. Then I thought that I'd install some software to design some key caps (I might make a thread about that, I very much need help with it) and Windows did that thing where the active window ends up mostly off screen without enough to drag it back and I can never remember the key combination to get the "move" option on right clicking in the taskbar so that wasted some time.
Then Windows decided that it was going to update and that was 15 minutes of my life gone!

That trope of "Linux is only free if your time is worthless" really ended up tickling my irony bone!


Couldn't get the software to design the key caps working in the end anyway plus the Adobe alternative software needs a subscription and credit card details even to run a trial version!